Notes on the AOTA Continuing Competence Standards Draft

The American Occupational Therapy Association has a Commission on Continuing Competence and Professional Development (CCCPD).  The CCCPD is conducting a 5 year review of its standards on continuing competence.  This is a good opportunity to assess the AOTA efforts in this area.Links to the draft document and a survey can be found here: http://www.aota.org/Publications-News/AOTANews/2014/CCCPD-standards-review.aspxHere are my concerns with the document:1. I find the document to be rather vague, and the standards are not evidence-based.  There is no citation that provides information on how these standards were established or how they were developed.  In comparison, NBCOT develops practice standards that are based on a Practice Analysis and they can be viewed here: http://www.nbcot.org/practice-standards2. The standard on Knowledge is vague and self-referential: "OTs and OTAs shall demonstrate understanding and comprehension of the information required for the multiple roles and responsibilities they assume."  That is saying that they need to know what they need to know, which is not a standard.  That is an empty statement.  The bullet points that follow are similarly vague: "Mastery of the core of the practice and profession of OT," "expertise in client centered OT practice and related primary responsibilities," etc.  These have no meaning.  The purpose of standards is to have something to hold performance up to in c...
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